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Old 11th Mar 2023, 06:18
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Originally Posted by hans brinker
Nope. SWA should have been well past the DER (LLZ antenna) before FDX got to 3.3NM (OM equivalent in KAUS 18L) on final.
So plan A was flawed before the TO clearance was even given as this would have put the SWA 737 inside the ILS critical area. Plan B was to hold SWA until after the Fedex had landed, which is the one the LC should have gone with.
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